Highlights of Bruce Springsteen’s SXSW Keynote

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On the 25th anniversary of the first South by Southwest music conference, a man who helped define American popular music over the last quarter-century delivered this year’s keynote speech. And in true Bruce Springsteen fashion, it wasn’t long before he was tugging on the heartstrings of an eager audience, telling stories about how the music of his childhood shaped his approach to song craft and artistic creation.
Click the player above to hear highlights of Springsteen’s speech, or go here to listen to the whole keynote.
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