Sunday with Chilly Gonzales: ‘I’ll be piling up my pancakes’

The musician enjoys slow, quiet Sundays in Germany, likes a catnap and tries to live in reality

Sunday work or rest? My job doesn’t differentiate weekends from weekdays. Most musicians would say that. But I do try to keep my Sundays something like what I think a Sunday should be. Concerts tend to happen on weekends, chances are I’ll be waking up in a hotel. But that doesn’t mean I won’t be piling up my pancakes at the breakfast bar, which is how I would be starting my Sunday if I was lucky enough to wake up in my own bed.

What time are you up? You have this phase in your 20s where you think, ‘I’m a rock star, I don’t have to get up for anything – ever.’ Well, I’m 52 now. I start losing steam at 6pm, and I’ve got way too much stuff to do to be laying in bed beyond a point.

Sunday with Chilly Gonzales: ‘I’ll be piling up my pancakes’

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