Long Island native and Vanderbilt University student Michael Pollack appeared on the TODAY show this morning to talk about his experience playing onstage with Billy Joel at “An Evening of Questions and Answers and a Little Bit of Music” in January. Video of that performance (which you can watch below) has since gone viral. “Every Long Island piano player aspires to be Billy Joel,” he said. “You don’t have a choice. And I’ve been playing his music since I’m 10, 11, 12.” We wish Michael the very best!

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