I read Neil Williams book 'Airborne' which my father bought me for my 14th Birthday. Never looked back really..
Learnt to fly as soon as I left school and got a job, and 3000hrs later I still like to fly VFR, rolling and swooping around the clouds on a sunny day and just FLY for flying's sake!
I've tried virtually everything that can be done with an aeroplane legally (and some marginally legal!), but still I enjoy just getting airborne, flying around, looking at the countryside and just enjoying it.