If you don't have that, you might as well stay home.' In that vein, radio personality Lori Barghini of MyTalk (107.1 FM) considers Perry and Lady Gaga 'divas in training.' They need more hits - enough to fill a bona fide greatest-hits collection. You've got to have the right song that people connect to. This is the essential element, says McEntire: 'It doesn't matter what your hair looks like or what your outfit looks like. Rising R&B star Keri Hilson put it more diplomatically: 'Confidence and womanly poise.' THE HITS 'When that 'me' becomes more important than you,' said country queen Reba McEntire, who plays the State Fair on Thursday. It's all those things that are diva-esque that are the fun part of being a diva, not the snotty, bitchy diva thing.' THE ATTITUDE 'We love making some kind of fashion statement. 'We're divas because we love beautiful clothes and we love fun hair,' said Stevie Nicks, who's playing Mystic Lake Casino's amphitheater Wednesday. With a confluence of divas past and present - Katy Perry, Stevie Nicks, Adele, Wanda Jackson and Reba McEntire - coming to the Twin Cities this week, we posed that question to some experts.
