What was your main purpose to get started learn english?

About me, I always wanted to know this language for understand movies, tv shows and songs from England and principally from USA. This wish was a long time ago but I've never studyed seriouslly before, like nowadays. I had classes of English at school but it was too boring, I mean, only studying grammar, without real conversations. I was young and I wasn't be able to see as important this language is. Actually what keep my motivation today, besides my old wish, is having conversations with people around the world and because I wanna travel abroad next year. How about you?