Dylan earned yet another distinction in a 2007 study of US legal opinions and briefs that found his lyrics was quoted by judges and lawyers more than those of any other songwriter , 186 times versus 74 by the Beatles , who was second . Among those quoting Dylan was US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Antonin Scalia , both conservatives . The most widely cited lines included " you don 't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blow " from " Subterranean Homesick Blues " and " when you ain 't got nothing , you got nothing to lose " from " Like a Rolling Stone " .