Dan Mangan offers an Instagram thanks to his dad on Father's Day

Young musicians and athletes sometimes wonder why they should bother with college or university, given that both fields don't require any credentials to launch a career.

For those who feel that way, Vancouver singer-songwriter Dan Mangan has some words of wisdom.

"My mom and dad were cautiously supportive of me wanting to make a life in music, but urged me to do post-secondary first," he wrote in a Father's Day message. "I'm so glad that they did so. Without a handful of professors who cracked my head wide open, I don't think I'd be able to put the chaos in my head into songs."

You can read the full message to his father Mike, a Vancouver lawyer and author, below:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BG2R38rHzGt