In his first-ever New York Times Op-Ed piece, guest columnist Bono tackled an unexpected subject on Sunday. The U2 frontman took the opportunity to pay homage to the late, great Frank Sinatra.

In a piece titled 'Notes From the Chairman,' Bono writes of how he first met and befriended Sinatra when recording 'I've Got You Under My Skin' for his 1993 'Duets' album. In appreciation, Sinatra -- who dabbled in painting -- gave Bono one of his canvases, titled 'Jazz.'

"We had spent some time in his house in Palm Springs which was a thrill -- looking out onto the desert and hills, no gingham for miles," Bono writes. "Plenty of miles, though, Miles Davis. And plenty of talk of jazz. That's when he showed me the painting. I was thinking the circles were like the diameter of a horn, the bell of a trumpet, so I said so."

"I said I had heard he was one of Miles Davis's biggest influences," Bono says he told Sinatra, before the Chairman offered up these "little pithy replies," including:

"I don't usually hang with men who wear earrings."

"Miles Davis never wasted a note, kid -- or a word on a fool."

"Jazz is about the moment you're in. Being modern's not about the future, it's about the present."

Read more of Bono's reflections of Sinatra and thoughts for 2009 here.